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Places in North America:
A major river of western North America, running from the Rocky Mountains in the United States to the Gulf of California in Mexico.
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Places in North America:
A state in the western United States, the 38th state. Capital and largest city: Denver.
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Places in North America:
A river in Texas in the United States, flowing into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Places in North America:
An unincorporated community in Texas, United States.
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Places in North America:
The Territory of Colorado, a former territory of the United States.
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Places in North America:
A ghost town in California, United States.
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Usage: historical
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Places in South America:
A river in southern Argentina, running from the Andes into the Atlantic.
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Places in South America:
A municipality of Paraná, Brazil.
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Places in South America:
A municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
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Places in South America:
A village in the Dominican Republic.
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Places in the Philippines:
A sitio in the barangay of Twin Peaks, Tuba, Benguet, Philippines.
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Places in the Philippines:
A barangay of San Guillermo, Isabela, Philippines.
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Places in the Philippines:
A barangay of Digos, Davao del Sur, Philippines.
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Places in the Philippines:
A barangay of Jabonga, Agusan del Norte, Philippines.
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A surname.
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A cigar of medium color and strength.
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A fish of the species Lutjanus colorado, the Colorado snapper.
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a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains
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Synonyms: Centennial State, CO
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Broader terms: American state
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an important river in the southwestern United States; rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through the Grand Canyon) and then southward through the southern tip of Nevada, then forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California; the main source of water in the southwestern United States
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Colorado River
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Broader terms: river
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a river in Texas; flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico
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Synonyms: Colorado River
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Broader terms: river
History
From Spanish colorado (“red, ruddy, colored”), usually from the reddish appearance of some silt-laden rivers, or from Portuguese colorado in the case of Brazilian locations.
Borrowed from Spanish colorado.
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